Thanks Russ for your patience...

Under Tools-- Options -- Contact Options…

Default “Full Name” order: First (Middle) Last
Default “File As” order: Last, First

There is not an option to display or remove “title” from the pull down list.
Did I look in the wrong place?

Did you run my steps to see what I am seeing?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As I said, this is end user error. Outlook is only doing what you have told
it to.
I cannot help if you do not answer my questions.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
...
Sadly, Outlook does do this... NOT in the contact records (when one
selects
"contacts from the left-side menu, these populate fine) but in the list
when
one selects "To" for a new message.

Here's how to repeat it...

(1) Export contacts to an Excel file.
(2) In the first (column) field (which is "title") Add titles.... Mr., Ms.
etc.
(3) Delete your contacts in Outlook or you will get duplicates, Outlook
thinks "Mr." Somebody is different than Somebody.
(4) Import the Excel list into Outlook... you may need to use a comma
delimitated file created from the Excel because Outlook sometimes "chokes"
when importing an Excel
(5) Open a new email... and select "To". You now have a "Name" column
that
lists all the emails, several for an individual with multiple addresses,
but
now Mr. or Ms. or whatever the "title" is is infrom of all the names,
requiring that one enters the title befor searching the list.

Let me know how you make out with the steps above or if you need
clarification.

Best,